Genealogy Chat

If you think that because there is a time on a birth certificate that it was a multiple birth (Scotland records all birth times on certiificates no matter if single or multiple births) and you cannot find a child born into the same surname with mother's same maiden name on the fiche in the UK and Wales then you need to check with Southport - GRO. I helped a searcher in this instance and recommended he check to see if there was a stillbirth register (different from the normal birth registers) at Southport and he found his mother's twin was registered as stillborn - eg did not take a breath at birth.

Just to add - i've got two death entries on Free BMD for two girls who appear to be twins - i've a baptism entry for one but not the other - but no birth reg's for either of them! I'm pretty sure they are mine as G.Grannie was supposed to have had three sets of twins! Now waiting on certs to see what they say.. Sue

I HAVE TWIN GIRLS AND BOTH TIMES OF BIRTH ARE RECORDED ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATES.

I had a time of birth on a certificate from 1842 (St Pancras) and wondered for a while if it was a multiple birth, but I could find no record of it. I then sent for the father's death certificate, he died later in 1842 and noticed that the time of death was noted on the certificate. I realised they had been completed by the same registrar and it must just have been his way of doing things.

Hi Jan, I've sent you an email! Love Eleanorxx